MCZ Entomology 15282

Bombus bimaculatus Cresson, 1863

Holotype of Bremus bimaculatus var. arboreti

Date Collected:

1924-06-02

North America: United States: Massachusetts: Suffolk | Boston, Forest Hills

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:15282 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Entomology 15282 Aspect: hefa

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Current Identification
Bombus bimaculatus Cresson, 1863
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Apoidea Apidae Apinae Bombini
Determiner: [no agent data] on 1925-12-31
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Bremus bimaculatus var. arboreti Bequaert & Plath 1925
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Hymenoptera Apocrita Aculeata Apoidea Apidae
Determiner: Joseph C. Bequaertlinked data icon; Otto E. Plath in 1925
Nature of ID: type ID

Bequaert and Plath 1925, page 276, Holotype of Bremus bimaculatus var. arboreti Bequaert & Plath 1925
Media type: text; Bequaert and Plath 1925 Description: Description of a new Psithyrus with an account of Psithyrus laboriosus;

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Shows Publication: Bequaert and Plath 1925 Description: Description of a new Psithyrus with an account of Psithyrus laboriosus

  • type number: 15282

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (mounted) good, tentative unknown 1 History
caste = queen  

Attribute Value Determination On
sex Female [no agent data]
age class adult [no agent data]

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  • Labels: Forest Hills Mass; Holotype; type 15282; Bombus bimaculatus var. arboreti Beq. & Plath. From original publication, Bequaert & Plath 1925, p. 276: "The queen (holotype M. C. Z. 15,282) was taken June 2, 1924, by the junior author [=E. O. Plath], in the Arnold Arboretum, at Forest Hills, Mass. It was evidently looking for a nesting site; kept in an observation box with some workers of typical B. bimaculatus, it laid eggs, but died June 14."

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Massachusetts
  • County:
  • Suffolk
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1002923 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Boston, Forest Hills
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Forest Hills, Mass; [was taken June 2, 1924, by the junior author [=E. O. Plath], in the Arnold Arboretum, at Forest Hills, Mass. It was evidently looking for a nesting site; kept in an observation box with some workers of typical B. bimaculatus, it laid eggs, but died June 14]
  • Habitat Description:
  • [It was evidently looking for a nesting site; kept in an observation box with some workers of typical B. bimaculatus, it laid eggs, but died June 14]
  • Georeference:
  • 42.2966380°, -71.111824° (Error radius: 1440m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2019-10-08 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1924-06-02
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [June 2, 1924]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Bracketed information parsed from original publication, Bequaert & Plath 1925, p. 276, holotype of Bremus bimaculatus var. arboreti
  • Collector:
  • Otto E. Plath

  • None

Media type: text; Entomology 15299; 15300; 15247; 15248; 15249; 15250; 15251; 15252; 15253; 15254; 15255; 15256; 15257; 15258; 15259; 15260; 15264; 15267; 15280; 15288; 15290; 15285; 15287; 15284; 15286; 15292; 15294; 15296; 15289; 15291; 15293; 15295; 15297; 15298; 15301; 15302; 15303; 15304; 15305; 15306; 15268; 15270; 15271; 15272; 15273; 15274; 15275; 15276; 15277; 15278; 15279; 15281; 15282; 15283; 15261; 15262; 15263; 15265; 15266; 15269 Description: MCZ Entomology Coleoptera 010001-017196, pg.89;

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